Have a talent for juggling several projects at a time? Like working in a small but very busy office? Enjoy working with volunteers? Do you have strong customer service skills? Are you a strong team player?

Conference Incorporated (CI), a 32+ year old firm located in Reston, VA providing association, convention, trade show, special event management services, is looking for an individual to develop and market educational programs for a trade association.

This position is part of the team responsible for activities related to managing a local association of about 1,000 members and event planning for CI’s other clients. The type of tasks for this position range from working with a volunteer committee to develop educational sessions, coordinating and managing the call for papers and selected speakers for a major conference; coordinating sponsors; managing committee meetings, board meetings, "lunch & learns," etc.

The ideal candidate is flexible, able to handle several projects and have strong customer-service skills as working with volunteers is a must. The individual would be assigned to and be responsible for specific client projects working with other staff on events ranging in size from as small as 30 people (regular board meetings or monthly lunches) to 2,200+ attendee conference. Primarily, the individual would be focused on topics related to direct marketing.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Work with volunteer committees to develop educational programs for an association; assist in marketing those programs.

Work on a 2200-person conference managing the speakers and sponsors, including the Call for Papers.

Must be available for limited travel, some evenings and those rare weekends

Overall, must have excellent oral and written communication skills; attention to detail and strong organizational skills; comfortable working independently and in a team environment; ability to provide excellent customer service; professional manner; ability to multi-task as individual works on a variety of programs simultaneously.

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About Conference Incorporated

Conference Incorporated provides convention, trade show, special event management and association management services to clients around the country. Located in Reston, VA, CI, a 30+ year old firm, is looking to fill a key position.